CBSE/Dir.

(SE&T)/2021 Date: 20th May 2021

Circular No.: 33/2021

To
The Heads of all Institutions affiliated to CBSE

Subject: Call for participation in YoungWarrior– A youth led movement to combat COVID-19

Dear Principals,
As India faces the brunt of the devastating second wave of COVID-19, 300 million young people represent
one of our best hopes at a solution. As institutions affiliated with the Board, we collectively engage millions
of students every year. Enabling this population to assume a leadership role during a crisis such as this, can
instil strong leadership skills, empathy as well as social consciousness amongst youth.

Thus, Central Board of Secondary Education, together with Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare, YuWaah-UNICEF and a multi-stakeholder consortium of over 950 partners,
are activating the #YoungWarrior movement. #YoungWarrior is a nationwide movement to engage 5
million young people to lead action against COVID-19 and impact 50 Million people.

Therefore, all School leaders are requested to encourage – any student and/or teacher between the ages
10 and 30 years of to join this movement, and safeguard themselves, their families, their communities, and
the country!
To join, they have to take the following simple steps. They will be eligible for a UNICEF certificate on
completion of tasks :
1. On WhatsApp: Type YWA and send it to +91 96504 14141
OR they could simplyGive a missed call to 080-66019225
2. Once they join, they can motivate 10 or more young people (10-30 yrs) to join the movement
and
3. Pledge to take action against COVID-19 by posting message with the phrase 'I am a #youngwarrior'
on social media, tagging 5 friends

This engagement will comprise a series of easy and real-life tasks with the #YoungWarrior earning
certificate for their actions. These actions include promoting access to verified health and essential
services, vaccine registration, COVID Appropriate Behaviours, myth busting etc. These tasks will be
hostedin 10 regional languages to protect themselves, their families and their neighbourhood against
COVID-19. The first is a technology-based chat-bot platform called UReport (WhatsApp YWA to +91 96504
14141). The second is an Interactive voice response (IVR)-based platform (missed call to 08066019225) for
young people who may not have WhatsApp/internet and the third is through community radio for those
who have no access to phones or internet. This will be supported by a Knowledge and learning hub
(http://prachicp.com/youngwarriors/), with indexed state specific information tools and blended learning
modules that are adolescent and youth friendly. Finally, the key messages and positive stories of youth
action will be promoted on social media through partners and influencers.

Please follow YuWaah on http://yuwaah.org/youngwarrior for more information.

Look forward to seeing our young warriors leading us out of this crisis.

(Dr Biswajit Saha)

Director (Training & Skill Education )

‘िश ा सदन’, 17, राऊज़ एवे यू,इं टीटू शनल ए रया, नई द ली–110002
‘ShikshaSadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेल-e-mail: dirtraining.cbse@gmail.com,directorvoc.cbse@gmail.com
 Copy to the respective Heads of Directorates, Organizations and Institutions as indicated below with a
request to disseminate the information to all the schools under their jurisdiction:
1. The Commissioner, KendriyaVidyalayaSangathan, 18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, Delhi
– 110016.
2. The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Sector – 62, Institutional Area, Noida – 201309.
3. The Director of Education, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Old Secretariat, Delhi –
110054
4. The Director of Public Instructions (Schools), Union Territory Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh – 160017
5. The Director of Education, Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim – 737101
6. The Director of School Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar – 791111
7. The Director of Education, Govt. of A&N Islands, Port Blair – 744101
8. The Director, Central Tibetan School Administration, ESSESS Plaza, Community Centre, Sector 3, Rohini.
9. The Additional Director General of Army Education, A – Wing, Sena Bhawan, DHQ, PO, New Delhi –
110001
10. The Secretary AWES, Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army), FDRC Building No. 202, Shankar Vihar
(Near APS), Delhi Cantt – 110010
11. The Chief of Generation unilimited , Youth development & partnership , UNICEF India, New Delhi
12. The Under Secretary , Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, New Delhi
13. DS to Chairman, CBSE , Delhi
14. All the Heads of Department , CBSE
15. All the Regional Directors/Regional Officers/Head-COEs, CBSE with the request to send this circular to
all the Heads of the affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions for compliance.
16. Head (Media & Public Relations), CBSE
17. Assistant Secretary (IT), CBSE, Rouse Avenue with the request to upload this notification on the CBSE
Academic website
18. Incharge, Hindi Cell, CBSE HQ – for Hindi Translation of this Circular

Director (Skill Education and Training)

‘िश ा सदन’, 17, राऊज़ एवे यू,इं टीटू शनल ए रया, नई द ली–110002
‘ShikshaSadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेल-e-mail: dirtraining.cbse@gmail.com,directorvoc.cbse@gmail.com
 ‘िश ा सदन’, 17, राऊज़ एवे यू,इं टीटू शनल ए रया, नई द ली–110002
‘ShikshaSadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737वेबसाइट/ Website:www.cbseacademic.nic.inई/मेल-e-mail: dirtraining.cbse@gmail.com,directorvoc.cbse@gmail.com
 Inviting5 million Young Warriors to fight COVID-19 in India
19th May 2021
https://www.yuwaah.org/youngwarrior
Why #YoungWarrior?
As India faces the brunt of the devastating second wave of COVID-19, 300 million young people represent
one of our best hopes at a solution. Our engagement with millions of young people last year to support the
response to COVID-19 crisis, led them to identify a strong desire, and leadership skills, to make a difference
at a crucial time like this.

Young People, the Ministry of Youth Affairs (MoYAS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW),YuWaah and UNICEF, with the support of 950+ coalition partners across Government, Civil
Society, UN Agencies and Private Sector, activated - #YoungWarrior – a pan-India movement to engage 5
million young people across the country to address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

What is the #YoungWarrior Movement?

The engagement is simple so that young warriors can mobilise, connect, learn, influence and lead action
against COVID-19 accelerate a return to normalcy. Each young person has to be enroll his/her peers, and
pledge to protect themselves, their families and their neighborhoods against COVID-19 by undertaking
specific actions.

This engagement will comprise a series of easy and real-life tasks with the #YoungWarrier earning
certificate for their actions. These tasks will be hosted, both online and offline, in 10 regional languages. The
first is a technology-based chat-bot platform called UReport (WhatsApp YWA to +91 96504 14141). The
second is an Interactive voice response (IVR)-based platform (missed call to 080-66019225 ) for young
people who may not have whatsapp/internet and the third is through community radio for those who have
no access to phones or internet. Some examples of tasks include: ‘Fake news police’:train in myth-busting
tools to detect myths/falsehood/misinformation; ‘Vaccine buddy’: to encourage registration for vaccination
and ‘Tension buster’: to enable peer-to-peer mental health support by young people.

A technology-based chat-bot platform called UReportbased on whatsapp with

450 million users in India ( WhatsApp YWA to +91 96504 14141

An Interactive voice response (IVR)-based platform (missed call to 080-

66019225 ) for young people who may not have whatsapp/internet on their
feature phones

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Community radio for those who have no access to phones
This will be supported by:
 Knowledge and learning hub (http://prachicp.com/youngwarriors/):Virtual library with indexed
state specific information tools &blended learning tools that are adolescent and youth friendly.
 Safe spaces and peer support:Provide opportunity for young people to ask experts questions and
share their concerns, as well as participate in activities that facilitate coping and healing with grief
and distress of crisis response
 Communications and outreach: Promote key messages and positive stories of youth action on social
media through partners and influencers

Progress
The movement has gained great momentum in its first week –

Reached 13 million 950 Partners signed up 13,000 youth have

people - social media taken action

In the Media:
 Supported by UNICEF, 5M young warriors to renew hope amidst India's second
COVID-19 wave
How will young people be engaged?
 CNN News 18: https://youtu.be/_WhE00DxI18
The first three platforms include:

For Partnering with us on this exciting initiative, please contact:

1. Lalita Sachdeva, Partnerships Specialist. Email: lsachdeva@unicef.org ; Mobile: +91 95601 98558
2. Dhuwarakha Sriram, Chief - Generation Unlimited, Youth Development & Partnerships. Email:
dsriram@unicef.org; Mobile: +919810745372

As a Partner, you can contribute in any/all of the following areas:

1. Amplify this campaign in your network (including employees) and provide support to participate
actively
2. Share any knowledge/information resources that you might have already developed in the fight
against Covid.
3. Be a part of various sub-groups to contribute towards the larger plan and coordination
4. Generate and contribute ideas that can help make this movement better
5. Offer rewards for our Youth Warriors based on their participation and progress points, etc.